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President's Message
You know what they say, that "time flies when you're having fun". It's hard for me to believe that a year has gone by since I wrote my first President's Message in the Circuit. It's also hard for me to believe that I have been a FARA officer for four years. So, I figure it's time for me to sit back down in the audience as a regular member and tell the new officers what they 'gotta' do. What made the officers' jobs easy are all the FARA members who just step up to the plate and get the job done, no matter what job it is, without ever being asked. No question that FARA's greatest assets are its members.
And with regards to officers, FARA elections are on the top of the June regular meeting agenda for Thursday June 4 at the usual time, 7:30 PM, at the club shack in the Danforth Building. The nominating committee has diligently done their job of coming up with a stellar slate of candidates. Please show your support of FARA by showing up at the June meeting and voting.
And finally, FARA's most participated in annual event is rapidly approaching - FIELD DAY! There is no other event during the year that brings as many club members together at one time as Field Day. Food, radio, food, good company, food, great discussions, food - you know the routine.
Thanks to everyone for making my time as a FARA officer enjoyable, rewarding, and memorable. See you at the shack. 73. (Hey Pete, you know what you gotta do…). 73
Jim, W1EQW
Field Day Preparations
by Dave Hoaglin, K1HT
Your officers and a few others have been hard at work, preparing our equipment for Field Day. Each Wednesday evening and Saturday morning the shack is a beehive of activity. Here are some of the highlights.
Paul N1DGT has checked over a number of computers and monitors that Steve AA1IZ has been storing for shipment to Grenada (thanks, Steve!). There seem to be enough good 386s to equip our stations, with a spare or two.
Pete KA1AXY is leading the effort to "connectorize" all the rotators and control boxes, with a pigtail on each. Then the cables will be interchangeable, and matching control boxes and rotators will be color coded. (Along the way, we'll make sure they all work!)
Bev N1LOO and I have inventoried the tower ropes and bundled (or rebundled) them into sets. Each set contains all the ropes needed for a particular tower.
We have purchased the necessary hardware to refurbish the 6-element 6-meter beam that Spencer N1JWB donated to the Club last fall. George N1XAN has started assembling the antenna.
Pete KA1AXY and others have fabricated new heavy-duty power cables. We've made progress on lining up generators to connect them to, and we hope to firm up these arrangements soon.
Dick K1KTK has contacted the National Guard with our request to borrow tents and tables. Everything seems to be on track.
Jim W1EQW and I have inventoried the tower sections. We have enough --- once we repair and adjust about half a dozen.
As you can see, a lot has been happening. But much remains, if we're going to be ready on schedule. For
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